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U N IT E D S T A T E S D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O RL. B. Schwellenbach, Secretary

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Ewan Clague, Commissioner

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W ork Injuries in the United States During 1945

Bulletin T^ o. 889

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Letter of Transmittal

United States Department op Labor,Bureau of Labor Statistics,

Washington, D. C., September 28, 1946.The Secretaky of Labor:

I have the honor to transmit herewith a report on work injuries in the United States during 1945. This information is based on reports from over 51,000 establishments.

This bulletin, a portion of which appeared in the September 1946 Monthly Labor Review, Ws prepared by Max D. Kossoris, chief of the Bureaus Division of Industrial Hazards.

Ewan Clague, Commissioner.Hon. L. B . SCHWELLENBACH,

Secretary of Labor.

ContentsPage

Summary_____ ______ 1Estimates of disabling work injuries__________________________________ 2Injury-frequency rates:

Manufacturing_________________________________________________ 4Nonmanufacturing______________________________________________ 6

Appendix tables_____________________________________________________ 7(i)


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CHART I DISABLING WORK INJURIES IN THE UNITED STATES1939-1945

MILLIONS___________________________

NUMBER OF INJURIES

2.0

ESTIMATED MILLIONS 12.5

2.0

1.5

1.0

.5

1.5

1.0

.5

1939UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OP LASOR BUREAU OP LABOR STATISTIOS

1940 1941 1942TEMPORARY-TOTAL DISABILITIES

1943 1944PERMANENT IMPAIRMENTS

1945FATALITIES


Bulletin 7S[o. 889 of theUnited States Bureau of Labor StatisticsPreprinted from the M onthly Labor Review, September 1946, with additional data]

Work Injuries in the United States During 1945

Summary

More than 2 million work injuries occurred during 1945. This figure is about 9% percent below that for 1944 and marks the lowest point since 1940.

The total actual time loss caused by disabling work injuries during 1945, is estimated at about 45,600,000 man-days, or the equivalent of full-time employment for about 152,000 workers for 1 year. This figure makes no allowance for the future economic losses occasioned by deaths and permanent impairments. If standard time charges are allowed for these types of work injuries, the total economic loss caused by work injuries during 1945 comes to 231,264,000 days, or the full-time annual employment of about 771,000 workers.

The number of work fatalities during 1945 remained essentially unchanged from the 1944 level. The estimate is 16,000. Another 1,800 workers were estimated to have been permanently and totally disabled for industrial employment. About 88,100 workers suffered lesser permanent impairments which will not disable them from continuing in industrial employment, but many of which may require retraining or changes in jobs. Fully 75 percent of these impairments involved a hand or fingers. Most of the work injuries, nearly 1,914,000, resulted in temporary total disabilities. The duration of such disabilities in manufacturing averaged 19 days.

Although the over-all number of work injuries in manufacturing decreased substantially from the 1944 level, the incidence of such injuries, as measured by the frequency rate, remained almost unchanged. Against an average of 18.4 disabling injuries per million employee-hours in 1944, the 1945 average was 18.6.

Nevertheless, in most manufacturing industries frequency rates were below the 1944 levels. Out of 118 industries for which comparable data were available, only 17 showed increases of more than 1 point in the frequency rate. In 70 others the trend was downward, and in the remainder the change was insignificant. Of 43 nonmanu-

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2facturing industries, 12 showed increases, 7 decreases, and 22 others indicated little change.

Industries outstanding for their high frequency rates were logging, stevedoring, sawmills, iron foundries, veneer and plywood mills, breweries, structural clay products, wooden containers, trucking and hauling, warehousing and storage, and highway and building construction.

Estimates of Disabling Work Injuries

Continuing the downward trend from the peak wartime level of 1943, the total of 1945 injuries was lower than that for 1944. The reduction from the 1944 figure of 2,230,400 to the 1945 total of 2,019,- 800 amounts to about 9% percent. The 1945 figure is lower than that for any year since 1940, but is still slightly above the total for that prewar year.

Much of the reduction during 1945 was due to the shift away from war work, a general shortening of the workweek, plant shut-downs for the purpose of reconversion or because of strikes, and a shift to a more normal type of work force. There is evidence, however, that many establishments are giving up entirely or are curtailing the safety work initiated during the war.

Estimated Number of Disabling Injuries During 1945, by Industry Group

[Difference between total number of injuries and injuries to employees represents injuries to self-employedworkersl

AH disabilities FatalitiesPermanent

total disabilities

Permanent partial dis

abilitiesTemporary total

disabilities

Industry group

Total To employeesTotal

Toemployees

Total

Toem

ployees

Total

Toem

ployees

Total To employees

All groups. ........................ 2,019,800 1,600,900 16,000 11,300 1,800 1,500 88,100 70,100 1,913,900 1,518,000

Agriculture1.......................... 305,600 71,600 4,500 1,100 400 100 15,300 3,500 285,400 66,900Mining and quarrying2........ 82,100 77,600 1,500 1,400 200 200 3,600

3,4003,400 76,800 72,600

Construction 3__................... 112,200 72,700581,600

1,700 1,2002,600

100 100 2,200 107,000 69,200Manufacturing4.................... 591,600

20,3002,700 300 300 30,700 30,200 557,900 548,500

Public utilities....................... 20,300 400 400 (5) () 600 600 19,300 19,300T rade3.................................... 296,000 236,800 800 600 100 100 7,100 5,700 288,000 230,400Railroads ..............................Miscellaneous transporta

94,100 94,100 1,100 1,100 400 400 6,500 6,500 86,100 86,100

tion 3....................................Services, government, and

139,900 120,100 1,000 800 100 100 4,200 3,600 134,600 115,600

miscellaneous industries 3_ 378,000 326,100 2,300 2,100 200 200 16,700 14,400 358,800 309,400

1 Based on fragmentary data.3 Based largely on Bureau of Mines data.3 Based on small sample studies.* Based on comprehensive survey.3 Less than 50.* Based on Interstate Commerce Commission data.

The estimated total of 16,000 fatalities resulting from work injuries is only 100 above that for 1944 (15,900). There is a similar difference


MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES EXPERIENCING MORE THAN 20.000 INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN 1945


4in the number of permanent total disabilities, estimated at 1,800 in 1945. But both permanent partial and temporary total disabilities are down considerably from the corresponding 1944 levels. The 1945 total of 88,100 p^manent partial disabilities is about 7 percent below1944, and the number of 1,913,000 temporary total disabilities is about 10 percent lower.

The major industry group with the greatest number of disabling work injuries during 1945 was manufacturing. The total of 591,600, however, was about 25 percent below the 1944 level of 786,900. In1945, 2,700 manufacturing injuries resulted fatally, 31,000 were permanent impairments (of which 300 were permanent total disabilities), and the remainder, 557,900, were temporary total disabilities.

As in past years, the available but very meager information for agriculture indicates that this industry suffered the largest number of fatalities, 4,500. The estimated injury total of 305,600, although substantially below that for manufacturing, nevertheless exceeds thiat for any other major industrial group except the one including miscellaneous industries, government, and services.

The injury experience in mining and quarrying during 1945 was considerably better than in 1944. The total of 82,100 was nearly 11 percent lower than the 1944 total. The number of fatalities similarly declined from about 1,700 in 1944 to about 1,500 in 1945.

In the large group of services, government, and miscellaneous industries, the injury total dropped appreciably from 419,300 in 1944 to 378,000 in 1945. On the other hand, a small increase was found for railroads, while construction disabilities increased from 99,600 to 112,200, of which 1,700 were fatalities. In the trade group, the total rose from 273,800 to 296,000, and the public utilities group had an increase of 1,000 over its 1944 total of 19,300. The miscellaneous transportation group also registered a small increase, from 135,100 to 139,900.

Injury-Frequency RatesMANUFACTURING

Although the largest number of manufacturing industries experienced decreases in their injury-frequency rates, the frequency rate for the entire group went up slightly, from 18.4 in 1944 to 18.6 in 1945. Out of 118 identical manufacturing industries covered in the surveys of both years, 70 had decreases of 1 or more frequency points, and only 17 had increases. In 31 others the change was negligible.

For the entire group, nearly 36,000 establishments with more than 9 million workers reported their injury experiences to the Bureau. Of the total of more than 350,000 reported injuries, 0.5 percent ended fatally or in permanent total disability, 5.2 percent resulted in perma-


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6nent partial impairments, and the greatest proportion, 94.3 percent, in temporary total disability. The average time charge per permanent partial impairment was 968 days, and the average duration of temporary total disabilities was 19 days. Both of these averages are above the 1944 figures. Particularly significant is the increase in the average duration of temporary total disability, from 17 to 19 days.

As in past years, the logging industry led all other manufacturing industries with a rate of 92.0an appreciable increase over the 1944 rate of 85.4. Second, but still far ahead of other manufacturing industries, were sawmills, with a rate of 56.6only slightly worse than the 1944 rate of 55.6. Iron foundries had a rate of 44.8, and veneer mills, of 44.6; rates for each of these industries were computed for the first time in this survey. The rate for breweries declined from 46.2 to 43.5, but still ranked sixth highest among manufacturing industries. The average number of disabling injuries per million employee-hours worked declined sharply in the wooden container industry, from 47.1 to 41.1, but still remained one of the highest in the group.

The explosives industry, usually regarded as extremely hazardous, had the lowest frequency rate among manufacturing industries in 19453.6. When accidents did occur, however, they were very serious7.4 percent resulted in death or permanent total disability, and 12.0 percent in permanent partial impairments. The average duration of temporary total disabilities was 49 days.

Similarly low frequency rates were found for the millinery industry (4.0), bookbinding (4.2), the manufacture of women's and children's clothes (4.6), and electric light bulbs (5.1).

NONMANUFACTURING

Stevedoring operations outranked every other industry in this group with a frequency rate of 87.6, only slightly below the 1944 rate of 88.1. It is very likely, however, that both of these rates fall considerably short of the true frequency rate for this industry.

Trucking and hauling, with less than half the stevedoring rate, ranked second highest in this group with a rate of 37.5, a slight improvement over the 1944 rate of 38.3. A slight rate decrease was experienced also by highway construction, from 36 0 to 35.8. A more sizable decrease in rate was found for the warehousing and storage industry, from 37.5 to 34.3. The 1945 rate for building construction, 30.9, was almost the same as the 1944 rate, 30.6.

Each of the five industries with the lowest frequency rates in nonmanufacturing had a rate less than the lowest rate experienced by any of the manufacturing industries. Thus, the rate for radio


7broadcasting was 1.7; apparel retailing, 2.2; insurance 2.8; and for banks and telephone, 3.0, respectively.

Whereas most of the manufacturing industries registered frequency-rate decreases, the trend among nonmanufacturing industries was more evenly divided. Out of 43 identical classifications, 12 had higher rates in 1945 than in 1944, 7 had lower rates, and 22 showed little difference.

Appendix TablesInjury-frequency rates for a large number of individual industries

in both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing are shown in table A. Group frequency rates were arrived at by weighting .individual industry rates according to the total employment in each.

A considerable number of new industries are shown for the 1945 survey. As the reporting group for a given industry becomes sufficiently large, the industry is taken out of the miscellaneous group. Thus, the single industry electrical equipment and supplies in the 1944 survey is shown as seven separate industries in the 1945 survey. The number of industries shown in table A is the largest ever covered in any of these surveys.

Other tables continue for 1945 the type of data shown in earlier years: changes in employment, exposure, and injuries; total injury estimates for individual industries; the distribution of permanent impairments according to body parts affected; and the trend data for the chart shown on page 5.


T a ble A.Injury Rates and Injuries, by Extent of Disability, 1945

[All reporting establishments]

IndustryNumber of estab

lishments

Number of employees

Employee-hours

worked(thousands)

Number of disabling

injuries

Percent of disabling injuries resulting in

Average days lost per disability 1 Injury rates2

Death and permanent total disability 3

Permanentpartial

disability

Temporary total disability


ability


Frequency

Severity 1

All industries- ........................... .................................. 51,377 10,619,853 23,411,578 403,050

Manufacturing======== ===========

Total manufacturing................................................... 35,764 9,103,747 20,101,787 352,457 0.5 5.2 94.3 968 19 < 18.6

Electrical lamps (bulbs).......................................Insulated wire and cable......................................Radios and phonographs .................................N ot elsewhere classified........................................

Food products...............................................................Baking.....................................................................Beverages, not elsewhere classified-...................Breweries-...............................................................Canning and preserving.......................................Confectionery..................................................... .Dairy products......................................................Distilleries..................................... .........................Flour, feed, and grain-mill products_________Slaughtering and meat packing..........................Sugar refining__ _________________________Not elsewhere classified______ _________ ___

Furniture and finished lumber products_________Furniture, metal....... ................... .......................Furniture, except metal..... ..................................Mattresses and bedsprings______ ___________Morticians' supplies............................................Office, store, and restaurant fixtures................ .Wooden containers....................................... ......N ot elsewhere classified........................................

Ron and steel and their products.................. ...........Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets_____________Cold-finished steel________________________Cutlery and edge tools_____________________Fabricated structural steel................... ...............Forgings, iron and steel_________ __________Foundries, iron________ ________ __________Foundries, steel____________ ______________Hardware_________ _______ _______ ______Heating equipment, not elsewhere classified...Iron and steel__________ ______ ___________Metal coating and engraving___ ___________Ornamental metalwork. _ .............................. ......Plate fabrication and boiler-shop products.......Plumbers' supplies_________ ______________Screw-machine products......................................Sheet-metal work..................................... ............Stamped and pressed metal products, not else

where classified...... ...........................................Steam fittings and apparatus..............................Steel barrels, kegs, drums, and packages...........Steel springs...........................................................T in cans and other tinware..................................Tools except edge tools.......... !............. .............

See footnotes at end of table.

29 12,031 24,91649 19,419 42,062

360 188,583 407,52848 20,246 40,554

3,851 495,857 1,090,147599 54,666 127,809251 7,274 15,814295 55,808 125,628366 61,918 111,329211 38,899 80,598287 18,003 42,109111 26,581 56,272519 45, 634 111, 759915 136,146 313,40895 25,087 52,181

202 25,841 53,232

2,579 176,600 378,98555 11,100 25,508

794 64,552 139,627218 10,210 20,73834 2,102 4,706

100 6,750 12,913974 54,503 115,165404 27,383 60,326

5,043 1,407,540 3,046,67089 17,822 39,49335 9,524 21,554

133 20,201 45,070567 47,455 100,084213 60,221 127,668854 124,971 276,186147 67,146 142,484152 33,831 68,271229 32,642 71,455,253 580,149 1,236,298148 11,494 23,00079 4,554 9,706

258 33,597 75,99891 25,583 59,609

181 28,983 66,342120 10,326 25,093

431 80,588 172,620190 38,835 85,20553 9,539 21,80727 8,707 20,297

130 43,310 95,500198 26,652 61,592


126 () (8) () 300 31 5.1 .5757 .5 3.2 96.3 625 19 18.0 1.5

2,764 .3 5.9 93.8 1,418 16 6.8 .7334 (fi) 09 09 300 12 8.2 1.2

30,978 .4 4.4 95.2 1,268 14 4 24.3

T able A. Injury Rates and Injuries, by Extent of Disability, 1945C ontinued[All reporting establishments]

IndustryNumber of estab

lishments

Number of em

ployees

Employee-hours

worked(thousands)

Number of disabling injuries

Percent of disabling injuries resulting in

Average days lost per disability 1 Injury ra tes2

Death and permanent total disability 3

Permanentpartial

disability



ability


Frequency

Severity 1

ManufacturingC ontinued

Iron and steel and their productsContinuedVitreous-enameled products________________ 13 1,542 3,011 60 00 (5) (5) 950 12 19.9 1* 2Wire and wire products __________________ . 212 46,613 100,499 2,317 10.6 89.4 1,264 16 23.1 2.8Wrought pipes, welded and heavy-riveted____ 16 5,467 11,470 225 (8) 00 () 24 19.6 .3Not elsewhere classified.............................. .......... 224 37,788 86,345 2,222 0.2 6.1 93.7 951 14 25.7 2.0

Leather and leather products............_............. .......... 686 161,815 356,124 5,126 .3 3.9 95.8 1,051 16 4 13.8 4. 9Boots and shoes, not rubber _ ___________ 427 121,231 267,437 2,890 5.7 94.3 774 12 10.8 . 4Leather_____ _____________ _____________ 154 31,381 69,792 1,980 .4 2.4 97.2 1,457 19 28.4 2.2Not elsewhere classified____________ _______ 105 9,203 18,895 256 .4 7.8 91.8 889 13 13.5 1.4

Lumber and timber basic products_____________ 2,353 125,175 244,020 12,654 .8 3.3 95.9 1,067 18 4 57.9

Mechanical power transmission equipment, except ball and roller bearings.............................

Metalworking machinery. ..................................Pumps and compressors.....................................Special industry machinery, not elsewhere

classified.............................................................Textile machinery..............................................

Nonferrous metals and their products................. .Aluminum and magnesium products.................Foundries, nonferrous............... .........................Primary smelting and refining 7...... ..................Nonferrous basic shapes and forms....................Watches, clocks, jewelry, and silverware..........Not elsewhere classified......... ............................

Ordnance and accessories_____________________Ammunition, except for small arms.............. .Guns and related equipment.............................Sighting and fire-control equipment............... .Small arms.................................... .......................Small-arms ammunition...................................Tanks, military................... .............................Tank components, military............................... .N ot elsewhere classified...................................... .

Paper and allied products..........................................Envelopes.............................. ........... .............. .Paper boxes and containers.............................. .Paper............................... ...... ................................Paper and pulp, integrated.............................. .Pulp.......................... ............. ...............................N ot elsewhere classified.......................................

Printing and publishing.................. ..................... .Book and job printing............................... .........Bookbinding___ _________________________News and periodical.............................................

Rubber products.........................................................Rubber boots and shoes.......................................Rubber tires and tubes......................................Not elsewhere classified.......................................

Stone, clay, and glass products..................................Structural clay products......................................Cem ent7...............................................................Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products...........C ut stone and cut-stone products......................Glass......................................................................Pottery and related products..............................N ot elsewhere classified....... ................................See footnotes at end of table.

99972131

346124

87430

411873660

260

921467131498626237663

1,39274

60234814030

198

2,3541,531

32 791

2712846

197

1,34441915715999

218137155

29,287179,05826,500

44,59022,205

152,171 13,247 41,861 27,62329.684 13,944 25,812

489,032 211,004 91,090 43,101 54,233 18,459 25,140 22,018 23,987

267,275 7,343

57,195 77,36284.684 7,559

33,132

166,76177,2801,937

87,544

205,147 23,839

109,804 71,504

208,80629,45419,0167,1912,178

92,92825,04132,998


1,339 (5) 09 (9 450 11 19.8 2.56,569 .9 3.7 95.4 765 15 15.8 1.31,126 1.6 98.4 525 21 17.5 .52,177 .1 5.0 94.9 1,075 14 20.5 1.4

731 .5 1.9 97.6 638 17 14.1, 1.17,968 .2 7.3 92.5 875 20

T a b le A . Injury Rates and Injuries, by Extent of Disability,1945 C ontinued[All reporting establishments]

Industry

ManufacturingContinued

Textile and textile-mill products................ ........ Carpets, rugs, and other floor coverings...........Cordage and twine............................................-Cotton yarn and textiles____ _____________Dyeing and finishing textiles..............................Hats, except cloth and millinery........... ............Knit goods...................... .................................. .Rayon, and other synthetic and silk textiles...Woolen and worsted textiles....................... .Not elsewhere classified....................................

Transportation equipment.............. .............. .........Aircraft..................................................................Aircraft parts................................... ................ .Boatbuilding.................................................... .Motor vehicles----- --------------- ------------------Motor-vehicle parts.............................................Railroad equipment......................... ...................Shipbuilding.................. ......................................Not elsewhere classified....................... ..............

Miscellaneous manufacturing................ ..............Brooms and brushes...... .....................................Byproducts, coke ovens 7....................................Bee-hive, coke ovens 7__.....................................Fabricated plastics products.............................. .Optical and ophthalmic goods. .........................Photographic apparatus and m aterials............Professional and scientific instruments and

supplies............... ............... ............... ................Tobacco products........... ...................................Miscellaneous manufacturing ...........................

umberestab-linents

Number of employees

Employee-hours

worked(thousands)

Number of disabling

injuries

Percent of disabling injuries resulting i n 1

Average days lost per disability1 Injury rates *

Death and permanent total disability a

Permanentpartial

disability



ability


Frequency

Severity 4

2,287 642,010 1,329,665 20,447 0i.3 3,7 96.0 1,001 18 4 15.6 41.350 14,755 30,665 391 .5 4.6 94.9 1,239 30 12.8 1.527 5,105 11,297 241 5.6 94.4 963 15 21.3 1.4

591 284,175 587,959 8,898 .2 4.2 95.6 966 18 15.1 1.3382 49,657 107,607 2,101 .4 3.3 96.3 1,293 21 19.5 1.814 4,845 9,728 110 (B> (B) (5) 300 14 11.3 .2

610 104,793 201,099 1,556 .1 1.5 98.4 729 14 7.7 .2172 43,773 92,099 1,308 .3 3.1 96.6 1,545 15 14.2 1.3376 121,977 260,543 5,238 .2 3.0 96.8 1, 226 18 20.1 1.565 12,930 28,665 604 .4 7.6 92.0 761 16 21.1 2.2

1,378 1,910,953 4,203,287 69,955 .6 7.1 92.3 1,029 27 4 17.1 41.966 390,499 840,354 7,919 .4 8.4 91.2 1,045 25 9.4 1.2

459 440,155 970,983 10, 312 .3 12.9 86.8 1,135 21 10.6 1.725 3,729 7,503 196 (B) (B) (B) 12 26.1 .2

169 118,026 263,906 3, 439 .3 6.6 93.1 773 26 13.0 .8167 98,349 223,450 4,485 .2 5.0 94.8 767 25 20.1 1.380 77,406 179,814 3,610 .5 4.2 95.3 792 27 20.1 1.6

393 779,118 1,709,384 39,859 .9 4.4 94.7 967 31 23.3 3.119 3,071 7, S89 1 OK n\ (*) f ) 750 20 17.1 .5

1,229 309,703 662,416 7,154 .1 4.6 95.3 812 15 411.6 4.677 7,980 17,321 435 3.4 96.6 840 8 25.1 .983 18,881 54,748 599 (8) (8) (8) (8) (8) 10.9 (8)55 1,828 3,552 153 (8) (8) (8) (8) (8> 13

43.1 (8) 103 22,765 48,491 842 .3 6.6 93.1 762 17.4 1.656 15,629 31,369 277 (6) (6) (6) 6 8.8 .145 38,838 87,035 578 (B) (B) ( B) 10 6.6 .1

133 52,884 98,841 700 7.1 92.9 655 16 7.1 .4163 40,895 86,087 850 5.2 94.8 811 13 9.9 .5514 110,003 234,968 2,720 .3 4.1 95.6 880 19 11.6 .7


Nonmanufacturing

Construction 9________________________Building construction______________Heavy engineering_________________Highway construction______________Not elsewhere classified....................... .

Communication9..........................................Telephone (wire and radio)...................Radio broadcasting and television____

Transportation9......................................... Stevedoring....................................... ......Streetcar_______ ________ __________Bus___ __________________________Streetcar and bus_____ ____________Trucking and hauling__________ ____Warehousing and storage___________Not elsewhere classified.........................

Heat, light, and pow er9______ _________Electric light and power____________Gas....... .................................. ...................

W aterworks9................................................. .

Personal services____________ __________D ry cleaning____ ______ ___________Laundries________ _______________ _Laundry and dry cleaning___________Amusements and related services____Hotels________________________ . . . .Eating and drinking places__________Medical and other professional services. Miscellaneous personal services______

Business services____ __________________Banks and other financial agencies-----Insurance___ _____________________Real estate________________________Miscellaneous business service_______Automobile repair shops and garages.Miscellaneous repair services________Airplane modification centers________

Educational services______________ _____

Fire departments...........................................

Police departments____________________See footnotes a t end of table.

1,585 83, 9551,156 46,310

131 22, 396221 12,87274 2,294

531 384,752105 371,140426 13,612

1,142 211,415117 027 10,695

263 37,70552 95,162

385 10,051264 18,34132 1,541

599 247,784398 193,970186 53,430

125 8,609

3,088 142,315576 16,879586 31,462399 35,587220 8,731299 29,107638 10,646195 7,692175 2,211

2,319 135,557761 41,436386 68,054277 4,794293 10,492343 3,926256 4,085

3 2,770

231 101,724

205 24,360

151 23,187

164,643 86,250 50,931 22, 702 4,598

762,797735,589 27,207

592,089 72,617 27,762 94,479

239,441 22,982 38,815 3,843

535,928420,198114,829

18,331

313,90437,06969,84780,31416,24666,98922,57816,4694,388

278,059 82,739

140,375 10,015 22,772 9,161 9,246 3,749

166,890

85,347

55,699


5,072 1.7 2.6 95.7 1,546 17 30.8 4.92, 667 .8 2.4 96.8 1,588 17 30.9 3.21,430 4.0 2.9 93.1 1,104 18 28.1 8.1

812 .7 2.8 96.5 2,289 14 35.8 4.4156 (5) (5)

T a b le A .Injury Rates and Injuries, by Extent of Disability, 1945C ontinued{AH reporting establishments]

Number of estab

lishments

Number of employees

Employee-hours

worked(thousands)

Number

Percent of disabling injuries resulting in i

Average days lost per disability1 Injury rates1 2 3

Industry of disabling injuries

Death and permanent total dis- abHity 3

Permanentpartial

disability


Permanent partial dis-

abUity


Frequency

Severity *

NonmanufacturingContinued Trade ............................................................................ 5,631 152,235 335,652 4,722 0.5 1.8 97.7 1,073 13 4 13.9 4 1.0

Wholesale distributors........................................... 1,591 44,217 95,194 1,602 .4 1.7 97.9 1,020 12 16.8 .9Retail, general merchandise................................. 318 27,965

23,56959,120 53,878

358 .6 99.4 1,275875

15 6.1 , 1Retail food............................................................. 703 837 .2 1.9 97.9 11 15.5 .6Wholesale and retail dairy products.................. 281 10,955 27,662 593 .3 1.2 98.5 936 13 24.4 .9RetaO automobUes.......................... ..................... 394 6,161 14,525 198 1.5 3.0 95.5 700 16 13.6 1.7Filling s ta tio n s ..................................................... 200 1,232 4,470 26 () () () 300 17 5.8 1.6Retail apparel and accessories....... ............. ........ 477 9, 711

21,93920,074 45 (*)

.5()

2.1()

97.418 2.2 ()

1.1Miscellaneous retail stores_____________ ____ 1,413 47, 918 773 1,141 17 16. 1Wholesale and retail trade combined... ............. 254 5,786 12,808 290 2.1 2.4 95.5 2,200 14 22.6 4.3

1 Based on reports which furnished details regarding the resulting disabUities, constituting approximately 60 percent of the total sample.2 The frequency rate is the average number of disabling injuries for each million employee-hours worked. The severity rate is the average number of days lost for each thousand

employee-hours worked. The standard time-loss ratings for fatalities and permanent disabilities are given in Method of Compiling Industrial Injury Rates, approved by the American Standard Association 1945.

3 Each death or permanent total disability is charged with the time loss of 6,000 days in the computation of severity rates. Weighted according to estimates of total current employment in each industry. DisabiUty distribution and average time charges not given because of small number of injuries for which details were reported. Less than 0.06.i Preliminary data compiled by the Bureau of Mines, U. S. Department of Interior. Not avaUable. Primarily reported by company instead of by establishment.


15T a ble B .Changes in Exposure, Disabling Injuries, and Injury Rates for 30,209

Identical Establishments, 1944 to 1945

Percent of change in

Industry

Manufacturing

Total, manufacturing........................................

Apparel and other finished textile products...Clothing, mens and boys. . ........... ..........Clothing, womens and childrens , ...........Apparel and accessories, not elsewhere

classified...................................................Trimmings and fabricated textile prod

ucts, not elsewhere classified..................

Chemicals and allied products *................ . . . .Drugs, toiletries, and insecticides..............Explosives....................................................Fertilizers....................................................Industrial chemicals....................................Paints, varnishes, and colors.....................Pavings and roofing materials...................Soap and glycerin........................................Synthetic textile fibers...............................Vegetable and animal oils..........................Not elsewhere classified..............................

Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies 2............................................................._

Batteries................................... ...................Communication and signaling equip

ment, except radio...................................Electrical equipment for industrial use..- Radios and phonographs............................

Food products...................................................Baking..........................................................Beverages, not elsewhere classified...........Breweries.....................................................Canning and preserving............................Confectionery......................................... ...Dairy products............................................Distilleries...................................................Flour, feed, and grain-mill products.........Slaughtering and meat packing.................Sugar refining_______________________Not elsewhere classified........... ..................

Furniture and finished lumber products........Furniture, metal.........................................Furniture, except metal................... .........Mattresses and bedsprings.........................Morticians supplies....................................Office, store, and restaurant fixtures.........Wooden containers.....................................Not elsewhere classified..............................

Iron and steel and their products 2_................Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets................Cutlery and edge tools...............................Fabricated structural steel.........................Forgings, iron and steel..................... ........Foundries, iron............................................Hardware.....................................................Heating equipment, not elsewhere

classified..................... .............................Iron and steel..............................................Metal coating and engraving.....................Ornamental metal work...........................Plate fabrication and boiler-shop products.

Number of establish

mentsEm

ployees

Employee-hours

worked

Disabling

injuries

Totaltimelost

Frequency

rate

Severityrate

17,809 -14 -19 -22 9 1 - 7 147

1,055 - 5 - 8 - 9 447 i - 7 146O423 7 -10 - 9 483 41 4150433 - 4 - 8 -14 - 5 - 6 0

16 - 8 - 7 474 4161 487 4178

183 +1 - 2 -11 435 -10 435

1,211 4 2 - 1 -10 3 1 - 7 1431221 +1 4 2 -27 420 -28 41746 (3) - 7 -33 414 -27 422

239 (3) - 1 2 27 - 1 -26187 42 - 1 - 3 410 - 3 410312 46 43 - 2 4 9 - 5 0

8 46 46 444 2 435 056 - 2 - 4 - 5 57 - 1 -5620 46 43 -17 4295 -19 428917 - 4 -18 -15 49 44 -38

104 41 - 2 - 4 499 - 1 480

356 -10 -17 -25 41 1 - 2 14145 4288 4297 4177 4351 -30 425

4 - 9 -13 -18 -6 9 - 6 -67232 -13 -20 -24 - 4 - 6 425112 - 5 -1 2 -36 426 -27 480

2,501 4 2 (3) - 4 11 1 - 8 1 - 6477 (3) 0) -15 418 -15 417211 4 5 4-4 - 6 -14 - 9 -1 3248 49 410 417 418 46 46279 43 43 - 5 -40 - 8 -4 2190 - 3 - 5 -11 -60 6 -60123 (4) - 1 417 -77 418 -8060 45 49 4 2 421 - 6 410

443 46 49 (*) -48 - 8 -52239 - 5 -12 -16 -25 - 5 -2485 410 48 43 465 - 4 450

146 - 1 (3) - 2 i 423 -2 2 421

1,098 (4) - 2 - 9 - 1 1-8 1028 -16 -20 -31 -49 -13 -36

637 - 1 -1 - 8 - 3 - 7 030 411 410 -23 415 -30 4 428 -13 -12 - 3 -77 411 -7170 422 412 413 -37 41 -44

109 - 3 -11 -13 444 - 3 +M196 41 - 1 - 9 (*) - 8 - 3

2,109 - 5 -10 -17 -17 i - l l 1-1528 - 9 -13 -28 411 -17 41784 42 41 - 2 -51 - 3 -5 276 -22 -27 -44 -44 -27 -21

100 -15 -20 -30 -44 -12 -31556 - 2 - 7 8 422 - 2 43396 453 436 4 3 - 4 -24 -3 3

121 - 3 - 7 3 -33 45 -3 0125 - 6 -11 -14 -13 - 3 027 -14 -15 -47 410 -38 43637 -11 -13 33 4100 -23 412765 - 8 -17 -34 -60 -21 -46

See footnotes a t end of table.


16T able B .Changes in Exposure, Disabling Injuries, and Injury Rates for 30,209

Identical Establishments, 1944 to 1945Continued

NumPercent of change in

Industryber of establish

mentsEm

ployees

Employee-hours

worked

Disabling

injuries

Totaltimelost

Frequency

rate

Severityrate


Iron and steel and their productsCon.Plumbers' supplies....................... ............. 43 - 8 -12 -13 +83 (4) +100Screw-machine products______ ______ _ 63 -18 -22 -18 +29 +5 +62Sheet-metal work____________________ 36 +2 - 2 -26 +62 -24 +75Stamped and pressed metal products___ 175 - 6 - 8 -23 +36 -17 +45Steam fittings and apparatus__________ 113 - 8 -13 - 6 -67 +8 -62Steel springs................................................ 4 -1 -20 -53 +82 -42 +133Tin cans and other tinware. . _________ 38 +6 +1 -33 -51 -34 -54Tools, except edge tools............................ . 108 - 6 -11 -23 -28 -13 -20Wire and wire products.............................. 111 - 7 -13 - 9 -56 +4 -48Not elsewhere classified..................... ........ 99 - 9 -15 -29 -52 -16 -46

Leather and leather products.......................... 469 -1 -1 -12 +48 i-17 i+75Boots and shoes........................................... 283 (3) (4) -20 +177 -20 +200Leather......................................................... 127 -1 - 2 - 2 +37 (3) +38Not elsewhere classified.............................. 59 - 9 -13 -36 +9 -26 +33

Lumber and timber basic products2. ............ 811 +8 -1 - 9 -19 1-8 1-18Logging......................................... .............. 258 +7 +1 - 2 -28 - 3 -28Sawmills...................................... ........ ........ 378 +11 - 2 -16 -19 -14 -17Sawmills and planing mills combined___ 42 - 4 -14 -20 - 9 - 6 +7Planing mills............................................... 83 +4 (4) -20 7 -19 - 8Veneer m ills ............................................... 33 - 1 +1 +5 -13 +4 -15Millwork (structural)................................. 15 +20 +19 +39 +149 +17 +111

Machinery, except electric 2_.......................... 1,602 -1 -10 -18 +33 i-12 i+18Agricultural machinery and tractors......... 116 -1 - 8 -1 -14 +8 -13Commercial and household m achinery... 60 +5 - 7 -34 +231 -29 +200Construction and mining machinery........ 165 - 4 -12 -20 +6 - 9 +20Engines and turbines. ............................... 24 -28 -28 -22 +70 +8 +157Food-products machinery..........................General industrial machinery, not else

72 - 3 -10 -13 +120 - 2 +125where classified ______ ___________

General machine shops (jobbing and273 +16 +3 -15 +3 -18 -18

repair)........................................................ 170 +36 -23 -34 +146 -14 +200Metalworking machinery........................... 444 -10 -17 -26 +94 -11 +125Pumps and compressors.............................Special industry machinery, not else

4 - 6 +5 - 7 -76 -12 -83where classified. ...................................... 181 +10 +7 - 8 +123 -14 +114

Textile machinery. ..................................... 87 +6 - 5 22 - 5 -18 - 7Nonferrous metals and their products 2_____ 151 -15 -16 -22 -11 i-26 i+14

Foundries, nonferrous................................ 52 -39 -35 -46 +15 -17 +63Not elsewhere classified............................. 96 - 4 - 8 -11 -22 - 4 -14

Ordnance and accessories 2...................... ........ 143 -32 -36 -30 +3 1+3 1+50Ammunition, except for small arms......... 59 -28 -31 -27 +4 +6 +50Guns and related equipment____ _____ 24 -34 -35 -32 +73 +3 +150Sighting and fire-control equipment....... . 4 -17 -26 -14 (5) +17 (5)Small arms................................... .............. 18 -49 52 -49 -17 +6 +60Tanks, military..................... ..................... 7 -32 -35 -35 - 8 +1 +50Tank components, military....................... 11 -16 -21 +21 +126 +54 +175Not elsewhere classified.............................. 17 +13 - 6 -18 -15 -13 -11

Paper and allied products............................... . 674 - 3 - 4 - 6 +23 1-2 i+60Envelopes.................................................. 62 - 2 - 4 - 9 -18 - 5 -20Paper boxes and containers__________ 282 -16 -17 -20 -24 - 4 0Paper............................................................ 131 (4) - 2 - 8 +83 - 6 +100Paper and pulp, integrated........................Pulp..............................................................

58 +1 (3) - 3 +126 - 4 +11112 -1 +3 +6 +913 +3 +675

Not elsewhere classified......................... 129 +1 - 4 +1 +16 +5 +18Printing and publishing....... ........... .............. .

Book and job printing_______ ________See footnotes a t end of table.

2,157 +5 +4 - 4 -19 i-12 i-301,393 +7 +7 +2 -31 - 4 -33


17T a ble B .Changes in Exposure, Disabling Injuries, and Injury Rates for 30,209

Identical Establishments, 1944 to 1945Continued

Industry


Printing and publishingContinuedBookbinding............................. .................News and periodical...................................

Rubber products................. . ........ . ................ _Boots and shoes_____________________Rubber tires and tubes........................... . .Not elsewhere classified......... ...................

Stone, clay, and glass products........................Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products..Cut stone and cut-stone products.............Glass........................ ........ ..........................Pottery and related products.....................Structural clay products............................Not elsewhere classified..............................

Textiles and textile-mill products__________Carpets, rugs, and other floor coverings..Cordage and twine......................................Cotton yam and textiles............................Dyeing and finishing textiles.....................Hats, except cloth and millinery_______Knit goods_________________________Rayon and other synthetic and silk textiles.Woolen and worsted textiles.................... .Not elsewhere classified..............................

Transportation equipment *.............................Aircraft.....................................................Aircraft parts............................................. .Boatbuilding..............................................Motor vehicles.............................................Motor-vehicle parts....................................Railroad equipment....................................Shipbuilding................................................

Miscellaneous manufacturing *................... .....Brooms and brushes............. ......................Optical and ophthalmic goods.......... ........Professional and scientific instruments

and supplies............................................Tobacco products....................................Miscellaneous manufacturing.................. .

Nonmanufacturing

Construction * ..................................................Building construction.................................Heavy engineering construction................Highway construction................................Not elsewhere classified.............................

Communication #...............................................Telephone (wire and radio).......................Radio broadcasting and television............

Transportation 3..............................................Stevedoring..................................................Streetcar.......................................................Bus...............................................................Streetcar and bus........................................Tracking and hauling.................................

Num- ber of establish

ments


Employees

Employee-hours

worked

Disabling

injuries

Totaltimelost

Frequency

rate

Severityrate

28 - 1 - 6 -64 -63 -61 -57736 H +2 - 6 +4 - 8 0161 - 4 - 8 -18 - 1 1-8 1+1519 00 - 3 (0 +11 +3 +3225 +6 (0 -25 +26 -25 +21

107 17 -18 -13 - 7 +6 +15825 - 1 - 2 - 6 - 3 1-5 1083 +7 - 1 -13 - 9 -12 - 888 - 2 +11 - 6 -87 -15 -87

163 - 1 - 3 -14 +9 -11 +883 - 4 - 4 +2 +358 +7 +420

336 +4 +3 +2 -37 - 1 -3972 - 3 - 5 - 7 00 - 2 +8

1,503 - 4 - 7 -12 +12 1-9 1+2240 - 1 - 3 +25 -18 +30 +2716 - 2 - 9 +15 -41 +26 -33

431 - 4 - 7 -14 +8 - 7 +17101 - 5 - 7 -36 - 4 -31 +6

4 - 4 - 8 +150 +465 +173 +506469 - 6 - 9 -23 +8 -16 0127 - 1 - 5 -10 +153 - 5 +160301 - 4 - 6 - 5 +1 +1 014 - 6 -17 -29 -61 -14 -60

506 -35 -4 0 -41 -23 l - l 1+2030 -38 -45 -38 - 6 +13 +83

141 -33 -40 -36 -23 +7 +178 -23 -24 -60 -84 -47 -83

61 - 1 - 9 -18 +28 -10 +5751 -13 -1 8 -29 +7 -10 +5548 - 8 -11 -15 +15 - 5 +31

160 -39 -42 -46 -32 - 6 +14487 - 4 - 9 -21 +22 1-18 1+2565 +8 +5 +33 +87 +27 +677 +21 +15 -12 -70 -24 -80

18 - 6 -19 -25 +18 - 7 +50151 - 5 - 7 -25 - 3 -19 +20242 - 5 -11 -27 +37 -18 +67

1, 291 - 3 -12 +6 +21 +20 +38922 +26 +20 +17 00 - 2 -17109 -40 -45 -12 +85 +61 +240199 +18 +9 +12 -41 +3 -4558 -23 -11 - 2 +385 +10 +450

446 +3 +4 - 8 -36 -12 098 +3 +4 - 9 -36 -1 2 0

348 +3 +3 +23 +80 +25 +74

861 - 5 (*) +6 -15 + 6 -1489 -4 8 - 7 - 6 -53 +1 -5026 +2 +3 + 2 +20 - 1 +15

240 +4 +4 +13 +69 +8 +6445 (3) - 2 +12 -20 +15 -20

291 - 2 - 5 - 4 +22 +1 +27See footnotes at end of table.


18Table B. Chm \es in Exi

Identical lyosure, Disabling Injury, and Injury Rates jo r 30,209Establishments, 1944 to 1945Continued

Industry

NonmanufacturingContinued

Transportation 1 2 * * ContinuedWarehousing and storage________ _____Not elsewhere classified........... ..................

Heat, light, and power *.................................Electric light and power............................Gas................................................................

Waterworks ___________________________

Personal services................................................Dry cleaning................................................Laundries....................................... ............Laundry and dry cleaning......................Amusements and related services.............Hotels...........................................................Eating and drinking places.......................Medical and other professional services... Miscellaneous personal services..... ...........

Business services................................................Banks and other financial agencies............Insurance....................................................Beal estate.......................... ................... .Miscellaneous business services............... .Automobile repair shops and garages.......Miscellaneous repair services.....................Airplane modification centers....................

Educational services........................................ .Eire departments...............................................

Police departments................... .........................

Trade..................................................................Wholesale distributors................................Retail, general merchandise.......................Retail food...................................................Wholesale and retail dairy products.........Retail automobiles...................................Filling stations...........................................Retail apparel and accessories...................Miscellaneous retail stores .....................Wholesale and retail trade combined........

Number of establish

ments

14226

666372179

104

2,675497517356191246456166146

1,793701167217211285209

3

140204

151

4,2651,287

181411199316145372

1,141213


Employees

Employee-hours

worked

Disabling

injuries

Totaltimelost

Frequency

rate

Severityrate

- 3 - 6 -2 6 - 2 -2 2 + 4+1 + 8 +10 +382 + 2 +350

+6 Hb6 +17 + 6 +10 0+ 7 Hb7 +18 +11 +10 + 5+4 Hb2 +13 -12 +10 -1 0- 1 -3 -J-20 -31 +24 -2 5

+5 0 -13 -21 -13 -1 4- 6 13 -12 -7 5 +2 -6 0- 2 -3 -1 2 -18 - 9 -2 2+ ? + 7 --26 -51 -31 -5 8+4 -2 -4-49 -4 6 +53 -5 0+5 + 2 - 9 +79 -11 +752 -1 -35 +14 -34 0

+10 + 9 +5 +204 - 2 +150+7 +4 -j-29 +374 +24 +300

+ 2 -2 -1 6 - 8 -15 0+6 +6 - 8 +5 -14 0+2 +7 + 7 +273 0 +100

-5 +4 +785 + 8 +800+10 +4 -20 -79 -23 -78+9 +6 +14 -62 + 7 -6 7+5 0 +11 -11 +11 - 8

-45 72 -74 +12 - 6 +311

+3 -2 -17 -31 -16 -2 5+ 2 -8 + 2 - 3 +11 + 6- 2 -5 +15 +22 +21 +33

+ 5 + 5 - 1 +16 1 -5 1+13+ 7 + 0 +31 - 5 +22+ 2 -M - 8 +37 -12 +100t ? + 2 - 8 +26 - 9 +50+1 +9 + 9 -2 7 -30

+20 +16 -14 +146 -26 +122+10 b7 -15 -83 -20 -87+ 2 f-4 -41 -8 6 -43 -87+6 H2 + 2 -20 - 1 -23

0 -2 +21 +130 +19 +122

1 Weighted according to estimates of total current employment in each industry.2 Totals include figures for industries not shown separately.2 More than half of 1 percent but less than 1 percent.* Less than half of 1 percent.8 Not available.Primarily reported by company instead of by establishments.


19T a b l e C . Estimates of Disabilities, by Extent, for Manufacturing Industries, 1945

[Excluding self-employed]

All reporting establishments Estimates for entire industry

Industry Number of establish

ments

Number of em

ployees

(thousands)

Employee-hours

worked(thousands)

Number of disabling

injuries

Alldisabling

injuries

Deathand

permanenttotaldisability

Per-marnent

partialdisability

Temporarytotaldisability

Totaldayslost

(thousands)

Apparel and other finished textileproducts......................................... 1,772 201 397,404 3,641 18,000 35 520 17,445 1,277

Chemicals and allied products1___Drugs, toiletries, and insecti-

2,158 522 1,182,678 15,065 24,000 265 1,130 22,605 3,385

cides......................................... 318 53 117,369 1,751 2,500 5 70 2,425 120Explosives.............- .................... 104 70 148,602 540 800 60 100 640 473Fertilizers................................ .Industrial chemicals, not else-

288 16 37,022 1,240 2,000 20 50 1,930 223

where classified....................... 719 148 339,720 5,228 13,100 90 850 12,160 1,844Paints, varnishes, and colors__ 389 32 75,208 1,323 1,500 5 30 1,465 81Soap and glycerin . _ _ _ _ 143 17 39,922 464 500 30 470 28Synthetic textile fibers.............. 31 52 112,009 995 1,300 70 1,230 119

Electrical machinery equipmentand supplies1.................................

Communication and signalingequipment, except radio____

Electrical equipment for indus

1,328 758 1,636,200 14,797 16,300 35 1,140 15,125 1,508

62 93 209,379 1,341 1,600 70 1,530 66

trial use..... .............................. 633 366 789,509 7,389 8,100 15 650 7,435 772

Food products1................................ 3,851 495 1,090,147 30,978 80,000 320 3,520 76,160 7,450Breweries............ ............ .......... 295 55 125,628 5,464 6,800 20 630 6,150 1,134Confectionery........ ...................Flour, feed, and grain-mill

211 38 80,598 1,459 2,700 70 2,630 89

products................................... 519 45 111, 759 3,084 5,500 20 130 5,350 353Slaughtering and meat packing. 915 136 313,408 10,164 13,300 40 450 12,810 689Sugar refining............................. 95 25 52,181 1,582 1,900 15 50 1,835 191

Furniture and finished lumberproducts1....................................... 2,579 176 378,985 12,062 25,000 50 1,530 23,420 1,849

Furniture, metal and wood___ 949 82 178,049 4,723 9,400 10 720 8,670 706M attress and hedsprings 218 10 20,738

3,046,670

576 1,100

67,000

40 1,060

62,980

64

Iron and steel and their products K Bolts, nuts, washers, and

5,043 1,407 62,044 400 3,620 6,689r iv ets ............. 89 17 39,493

100,084855 1,000

3,80050 950 38

Fabricated structural steel........ 567 47 2,763 25 170 3,605 331Foundries, iron.......................... 854 124 276,186 12,370 12,700 50 260 12,390 740Foundries, steel......................... 147 67 142,484 5,112 5,500 35 80 5,385 358Heating equipment....................Iron and steel.............................

229 32 71,455 2,418 3,200 15 110 3,075 247288 589 1,257,852 11,250 12,000 215 980 10,805 2,204

Serew-maehine products _ 181 28 66,34295,500

1,0271,654

1,1001,800

120 980 144Tin cans and other tinware___ 130 43 150 1,650 110Tools, except edge tools____ _ 198 26 61,592

100,499

356,124

1,4032,317

5,126

1,500 100 1,4003,220

10,725

69Wire and wire products______ 212 46 3,600

11,200

380 528

Leather and leather products1____ 686 161 35 440 833Boots and shoes_____ _______ 427 121 267,437 2,890 5,000 280 4,720 275Leather............... ........ .............. 154 31 69,792 1,980 2,800 10 70 2,720 214

Lumber and timber basic products1 2,353 125 244,020 12,654 53,000 425 1,750 50,825 10,215

5,332Planing and plywood mills-----

See footnotes a t end of tab le1,345 55 115,409 4,393 10,900 55 630 1,126


20Table C .Estimates of Disabilities, by Extent, for Manufacturing Industries, 1945

Continued

Industry

All reporting establishments Estimates for entire industry

Number of establish

ments

Number of em

ployees

(thousands)

Employee-hours

worked(thousands)

Number of disabling

injuries

Alldisabling

injuries

Deathand

permanenttotaldisability

Per-ma-nent

partialdisability

Temporarytotaldisability

Totaldayslost

(thousands)

Machinery, except electric1............ 3,944 1,026 2,284,883 40,682 44,800 180 2,020 42,600 3,297Agricultural machinery and

tractors__________________ 211 95 207,817 4,883 6,100 330 5,770 327Commercial and household

machinery_______________ 173 65 144,513 2,210 2,400 20 190 2,190 297General industrial machinery,

not elsewhere classified.......... 2,333 638 1,400,496 25,163 27,700 85 1,270 26,345 1,918Pumps and compressors_____ 131 26 64,183 1,126 2,300 40 2,260 65Textile machinery..................... 124 22 51,738 731 800 5 20 775 45

Nonferrous metals and theirproducts i..... ................................. 874 152 361,435 7,968 12,400 25 910 11,465 1,176

Nonferrous basic shapes andforms........................................ 36 29 71,926 1,337 3,400 15 220 3,165 479

Ordnance and accessories............. 921 489 1,106,870 17,185 44,500 135 3,340 41,025 3,939Ammunition, except for small

arms____________________ 467 211 472,649 9,425 20,000 60 1,260 18,680 1,520Guns and related equipment 131 91 209,418 2,146 5,20) 630 4,570 590Small arms...... .......................... 86 54 123,651 1,488 3,200 20 260 2,920 415

Paper and allied products1...... ...... 1,392 267 589,986 14,422 20,80) 40 890 19,870 1,244Envelopes_________________ 74 7 15,744 184 300 10 290 8Paper boxes and containers___ 602 57 117,708 2,657 4,400 15 330 4,055 393Paper and pulp....... .................. 518 169 385,961 10,102 10, 500 30 290 10,180 623

Printing and publishing1................ 2,354 166 346,826 2,807 9,300 10 480 8,810 736News and periodical.................. 791 87 177,714 1,386 3,300 5 130 3,165 214

Rubber products 1............................ 271 205 439,144 6,596 7,700 15 560 7,125 809Rubber tires and tubes............. 46 109 233, 225 3,150 3,200 10 80 3,110 190

Stone, clay, and glass products 1__ 1,344 208 445,038 8,874 16,100 95 450 15,555 1,309Glass........................................... 218 92 192,177 3,012 3,700 15 140 3,545 321Pottery and related products. _ 137 25 52,661 974 1,800 30 50 1,720 256Structural clay products........... 419 29 59,969 2,509 4,300 20 70 4,210 256

Textiles and textile-mill products1. 2,287 642 1, 329,665 20,447 36,900 110 1,370 35,420 2,669Carpets, rugs, and other floor

coverings___^_______ _____ 50 14 30,665 391 6C0 5 30 565 66Cotton yam and textiles_____ 591 284 587,959 8,898 14,600 30 610 13,960 1,017Dyeing and finishing textiles. _ 382 49 107,607 2,101 2,600 10 90 2,500 231Knit goods........... ................. 610 104 201,099 1,556 2,700 5 40 2,655 85Rayon and other synthetic

and silk textiles....................... 172 43 92,099 1,308 2,800 10 90 2,700 223Woolen and worsted textiles... 376 121 260,543 5,238 6,600 15 200 6,385 435

Transportation equipm ent1............ 1,378 1,910 4,203,287 69,955 80,4(0 485 5,710 74,205 10,780Motor vehicles and parts.......... 336 216 487,357 7,924 19,6(0 60 1,170 18,370 1,731Shipbuilding and boatbuild

ing 2.......................................... 418 782 1,716,888 40,055 41,3(0 370 1,770 39,160 5,153Miscellaneous manufacturing1....... 1,229 309 662,416 7,154 14,200 15 650 13,535 815

Professional and scientific instruments and supplies.......... 133 52 98,841 700 8(0 50 750 46

Tobacco products................ ...... 163 40 86,087 850 1,9(0 100 1,800 105

1 Includes data for industries not snown separately because of insufficient coverage upon which to base industry estimates.

* Does not include United States navy yards.


21Table D .Distribution of A ll Reported Injuries Resulting in Permanent Partial

Disability, According to Part of Body Affected, by Industry, 1945

Industry Total

Percent of permanent partial disability cases involving the loss, or loss of use of

Anarm

Ahand

orfingers

A legA

footor

toes

Aneye

Oneor

bothears

(hearing)

Other

Manufacturing

Total, manufacturing................................................... - 100 4 75 3 7 5 0) 6

Apparel and other finished textile products................ 100 14 72 11 3 0 0 0

Chemicals and allied products...................................... 100 4 66 5 9 9 0 8Explosives................................................................Industrial chemicals................................................

100 0 84 3 3 10 0 0100 5 62 3 14 5 0 11

Not elsewhere classified..... ..................................... 100 5 64 5 3 8 0 15

Electrical machinery, equipment and supplies........... 100 4 72 3 6 5 0 10Electrical equipment for industrial use................. 100 2 75 2 7 5 0 9Radios and phonographs........................................ 100 16 71 2 4 0 0 7

Food products................................................................ 100 7 61 5 9 9 0) 9Baking...................................................................... 100 3 72 8 11 3 0 3Breweries........ ..................... ........... - ............. -___ 100 9 49 6 10 14 0) 12Flour, feed, and grain-mill products...................... 100 8 72 2 3 5 2 8Slaughtering and meat packing............................ 100 1 82 1 7 3 2 4Sugar refining.......................................................... 100 16 69 2 7 7 0 0

Furniture and finished lumber products..................... 100 1 92 1 2 3 0) 1Furniture, metal..................................................... 100 0 91 0 3 3 3 0Furniture, except metal.......................................... 100 1 92 (0 3 2 0 2Wooden containers.................................................. 100 0 93 0 0 7 0 0Not elsewhere classified..... ..................................... 100 4 84 6 0 4 0) 3

Iron and steel.................................................................. 100 2 84 2 5 4 0) 3Forgings, steel and iron.......................................... 100 2 88 0 5 5 0 0Foundries, iron........................................................ 100 1 77 2 10 8 0 2Heating equipment..................................... ...........Iron and steel...........................................................

100 2 77 7 7 7 0 0100 3 79 4 7 4 0 3

Stamped and pressed metal products................... 100 1 95 0 1 1 0 2Tin cans and other tinw are................................... 100 0 99 0 0 1 0 0Not elsewhere classified..... .................. ................. 100 4 83 4 2 5 0 2

Leather and leather products....... ............................... 100 7 82 3 5 1 0 2

Lumber and timber basic products.............................. 100 2 77 5 6 8 0 2Logging.....................................................................Sawmills...................................................................

100 5 52 17 10 14 0 2100 1 78 3 7 9 0 2

Machinery, except electric............................................. 100 1 84 1 5 6 0 3Agricultural machinery and tractors..................... 100 0 88 2 4 6 0 0Construction and mining machinery.................... 100 0 71 5 10 12 0 2Engines and turbines.............................................. 100 0 87 1 8 3 0 1General industrial machinery, not elsewhere

classified........................................ ....................... 100 1 80 0 3 6 0 10General machine shops (jobbing and repair)---- 100 2 86 0 5 5 0 2Metalworking machinery....................................... 100 0 76 4 7 9 2 2

Nonferrous metals and their products.......................... 100 3 73 3 2 6 0 13Aluminum and magnesium products................ 100 5 56 3 3 3 0 30

Ordnance and accessories............................................... 100 2 87 2 3 2 0 4Ammunition, except for small a rm s-................... 100 0 88 2 4 2 0 4Guns and related equipment................................. 100 3 88 3 4 2 0 0

See footnote at end of table.


22

Table D .Distribution of A ll Reported Injuries Resulting in Permanent Partial Disability, According to Part of Body Affected, by Industry, 1945Continued

Percent of permanent partial disability cases involving the loss, or loss of use of

Industry TotalAnarm

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footor

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Aneye

Oneor

bothears

(hearing)

Other


Paper and allied products............................................. 100 2 90 2 2 2 1 1Paper boxes and containers................................... 100 2 89 5 0 2 0 2

Printing and publishing................................................ 100 4 85 1 7 2 0 1Book and job printing........................ .................... 100 4 77 1 12 3 0 3News and periodical................................................ 100 5 93 0 0 2 0 0

Rubber products............................................................ 100 5 70 1 13 2 0 9Stone, clay, and glass products........_ .......................... 100 5 76 2 3 3 0 8

Glass................................. ........................................ 100 5 75 2 4 7 0 7Textile and textile-mill products.................................. 100 6 79 3 3 2 1 6

Cotton yam and textiles......................................... 100 4 84 3 2 2 1 4Dyeing and finishing textiles.................................Woolen and worsted textiles..................... .............

100 11 58 3 2 3 2 21100 11 84 0 3 0 0 2

Transportation equipment...... ..................................... 100 4 65 3 13 5 0) 9Aircraft.................................................................... 100 4 69 4 11 3 0) 9Boatbuilding............................................................ 100 6 59 4 15 4 0 12Motor vehicles......................................................... 100 1 84 1 7 5 0 2Motor-vehicle parts................................................. 100 0 73 0 0 20 0 7

. Railroad equipment................................................ 100 3 74 0 6 4 0 13Shipbuilding............................................................ 100 2 64 4 16 7 4 3

Miscellaneous manufacturing....................................... 100 2 87 1 4 4 0 2Tobacco products.................................................... 100 7 88 0 5 0 0 0Miscellaneous manufacturing................................ 100 0 86 2 3 7 0 2Nonmanufacturing

Constmction................................................................... 100 8 56 9 12 11 2 2Building constmction............................................ 100 8 57 11 13 9 0 2Heavy engineering constmction............................ 100 0 57 5 14 12 7 5

Transportation.......................... .................................... 100 6 34 10 25 2 (0 23Stevedoring................................... ................ .......... 100 6 28 13 25 1 0 27Rapid transitoverhead and underground.......... 100 7 35 7 28 0) 0 23Bus......................................................................... . 100 9 57 4 13 4 0 13Streetcar and bus..................................................... 100 0 45 16 19 10 3 7

Heat, light, and power..................................................Electric light and power.........................................

100 7 52 10 18 4 0 9100 7 53 11 16 2 0 11

Gas............................................................................ 100 7 47 11 25 5 0 5Personal services............................................................ 100 4 76 7 9 2 0 2Business services............................................................ 100 10 53 11 10 10 0 6Trade.......................................... ..................................... 100 2 78 6 2 5 0 7

Less than half of 1 percent.


23Table E .Indexes oj Injury Frequency Rates in Manufacturing, 1926-45, by Extent

of L>isabilily1[1926=100]

Year All injuriesDeath and permanent

totalPermanent

partialTemporary

total

1926.......................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.01927.......................................................................... 93.6 107.1 96.3 93.31928......................................................................... 93.2 107.1 104.6 92.51929......................................................................... 99.2 92.9 109.2 98.71930......................................................................... 95.5 107.1 111.0 94.61931......................................................................... 78.0 92.9 102.8 76.51932......................................................................... 80.9 107.1 113.8 78.91933......................................................................... 91.8 85.7 110.1 90.81934......................................................................... 93.6 107.1 128.4 91.61935.......................................................................... 88.1 92.9 121.1 86.21936............................................................... ......... 85.7 85.7 114.7 84.11937.......................................................................... 85.8 85.7 122.0 83.71938....................................................................... 71.7 71.4 78.9 68.11939......................................................................... 73.4 71.4 80.7 73.91940...................................................................... 75.3 71.4 84.8 75.61941........................ ................................................ 85.8 80.3 93.7 86.31942.......................................................................... 93.5 70.7 83.4 94.11943......................................................................... 94.4 70.7 83.4 95.01944...................................................................... 1 88.3 62.8 75.4 89.71945.......................................................................... 81.9 62.8 72.3 83.0

i Beginning with 1937, the indexes are based on the percent of change of the frequency rates of identical establishments in each pair of successive years.

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